Sherlock (1999)

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Board Game Rank: 1883

Children's Games Rank: 38

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Designer	Reinhard Staupe
Artist	Oliver Freudenreich
Publisher	AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH Playroom Entertainment Staupe Spiele
Year Published	1999
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	5 and up
User Suggested Ages	5 to 10 (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Children's Games (4 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Children's Game Memory Novel-based
Mechanic	Memory
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Primary Name	Sherlock
Alternate Names	Der Plumpsack geht um
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Each time that the plumpsack stops next to a card, the players must guess what is shown on it. New cards are constantly added, bringing more chaos to the game.

A wild game of observation for all ages.

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Sherlock Deluxe

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Sherlock

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Multilingual third edition

Publisher: Playroom Entertainment

Artist: Oliver Freudenreich

Year: 2004

Product Code: PLE74100

Size: 6.00 x 5.00 x 1.50 inches

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German second edition

Publisher: AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH

Artist: Oliver Freudenreich

Year: 2003

Product Code: 3935

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

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1	General thickest cards I have seen!	2010-08-17	Hendal	1
1	Sessions In which 4-year old Megan schools her mother	2008-08-25	Basilius	0
11	Reviews Sherlock - A Review	2008-08-19	Craig_H	3
4	News Der Plumpsack geht um now available in a metal tin	2008-03-04	Germarish	0
4	Sessions Not Your Average Memory Game - First Try With My Young 'Uns	2007-10-09	fehrmeister	0
2	Reviews Sherlock - A Light Review	2007-01-03	Neil Thomson	0
7	Reviews More fun that I expected	2006-10-27	Mr.Baggins	1
0	Variants The moving circle variant.	2005-11-24	shawn_low	2
0	Sessions First Play	2005-08-01	Odat	0
21	Reviews [Review] Sherlock	2005-07-12	TomVasel	0

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Board Game Rank:	1883
Children's Games Rank:	38
Num Ratings:	327
Average Rating:	6.40
Standard Deviation:	1.08
Num Views:	27095
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.1
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Personal Comments:	185
Users Owning:	508
Users Wanting:	16
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German rules	http://www.amigo-spiele.de/download/download.php?s...	2012-05-07
English rules	http://www.amigo-spiele.de/download/download.php?s...	2012-05-07
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/DerPlumps...	2011-05-07
German review - Spiele-Truhe	http://www.spiele-truhe.de/plumpsack.html	2011-05-07
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/plumpsack	2011-05-07
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-05-07
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/derplumpsackgehtum.html	2005-09-16